Strange as it seems, different post offices seem to work under different
rules! I wazs told by my post office that I couldn't do a "hold at office
for pick up", although other post offices did just that. But then my letter
carrier, whom i have a good relationship with, said he'd call if he saw a
box for me so I could get it - sometimes at 7 AM, whcih cut several hours
off of the "in the bag" time.
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From: Travis Haas <madtom15_at_hotmail.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- U.S.Postal Service won't ship

> When I received my first-ever shipment of natives I called the local post> office informing them that I had a box of live fish coming in from PA. I> wanted to pick the box up at the post office instead of having it trucked
to> my rural address, and they were convinced that it wasn't possible for
anyone> to ship those fish to me via USPS. As it turned out, the fish still
arrived> as planned, and whenever I ship fish to someone else, I don't use that
post> office. The post office in a neighboring city is the one that I always
ship> through and has never given me any problems.>> Travis Haas>>> >From: Noturus_at_aol.com> >Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net> >To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net> >Subject: Re: NANFA-- U.S.Postal Service won't ship> >Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 13:29:09 EDT> >> >In a message dated 05/31/2000 1:01:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time,> >gupp_at_naturalaquariums.com writes:> >> ><< I really hope they don't stop shipping fish. I ship almost all my fish> > and plants USPS priority mail. >>> >I've always treated this as one of those "don't ask, don't tell"> >situations.> >I've shipped live critters via UPS for years. They have a policy on no
live> >animals. The boxes were clearly marked "LIVE FISH", the driver knew what> >they> >were. But, the catch is, try to make a claim on lost or delayed> >shipment......they won't listen. It's just the risk you have to take. I> >suppose I've been fortunate and had very few problems.> >> >j.r.> >>>/--------------------------------------------------------------------------

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